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package org.codehaus.groovy.groovydoc;

public interface GroovyAnnotationRef {
    /**
     * The annotation being referenced.
     *
     * @return the annotation being referenced
     */
    GroovyClassDoc type();

    /**
     * Name of the annotation being referenced. Once resolved,
     * equates to <code>type().typeName()</code>.
     *
     * @return the name of the annotation reference
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * The string representation of the annotation reference.
     * Initially implemented as a temporary hack stored from the source.
     * To be replaced with strong-typed finer grained information.
     *
     * @return the text representation of the annotation ref
     */
    String description();
}